west
search
Afroic Logo Afroic Logo Created with Sketch.
search
sign in
Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic
search
sign in
Science & Tech
Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic
Home Subscriptions

Categories

News Politics TV & Movies Music Sports Business Gaming Science & Tech Programming Health Food Culture Travel Education Properties Funny General
sign in
Install App
Guidelines · Contact Support
Terms · Privacy
© 2026 Afroic. All rights reserved.
Home Subscriptions

Categories

News Politics TV & Movies Music Sports Business Gaming Science & Tech Programming Health Food Culture Travel Education Properties Funny General
sign in
Install App
Guidelines · Contact Support
Terms · Privacy
© 2026 Afroic. All rights reserved.
  1. Home
  2. Science & Tech
  3. How TikTok is slowly snatching young Nigerians from Instagram
8
2
science & tech

How TikTok is slowly snatching young Nigerians from Instagram

techpoint.africa/2019/0...

submitted over 6 years ago by taya

How TikTok is slowly snatching young Nigerians from Instagram

submitted over 6 years ago by taya

How TikTok is slowly snatching young Nigerians from Instagram
  • A young Nigerian named Mike Solomon joined TikTok without many expectations, but his videos quickly gained popularity, leading to over 67.4k followers in just a year.
  • TikTok, a platform for short videos, has become popular in Nigeria among teenagers and young adults as a creative and less complex alternative to platforms like Instagram and YouTube.
Read more on techpoint.africa
8
2
Share
Share
Copy link
save
save
Report
Advertisement
Add a comment
Sort by: New · Top
    samuekhator over 6 years ago
    Report

    I didn't hear of this up until just now, but like the article claim, it doesn't mean I'm getting old, maybe out of touch. While instagram might be have a rather fierce competition in the near future, I don't see how TikTok will suppress the use of users in Nigeria. However, in the social media space, I'm ready for some major change. Things have remained the same for too long. I'm rooting for more diverse approach.

      0
    • reply
    Yemisi over 6 years ago
    Report

    Wow! Never heard of TikTok before, although the company ByteDance isn't new to me having tried one of their products before called TopBuzz. This one seems really different and it's great that there is now another app now that is challenging the boring Instagram, Facebook and the likes. Moreover, it's great that there is money to be made posting videos as well. The article also mentioned Viskit which I have been looking out for some time now but haven't decided to join up. I'll try out TikTok first since it seems the more popular option of the two.

      0
    • reply

Related Posts

science & tech

Jack Ma Sees E-Commerce as Africa’s Big Business Opportunity

bloomberg.com/news/a...
comment
science & tech

How to get free Airtime from MTN with just 5 steps

learninsimple.com/how-to...
comment
nigeria forum/ science & tech

The Next Wave: Vive la résistance!

techcabal.com/2020/1...
comment
kenya forum/ science & tech

Mobile Internet Data is a Joke & Expensive in Kenya

youtube.com/watch
comment
science & tech

New $30 Android smartphone for the African market

iafrikan.com/2020/1...
comment
nigeria forum/ science & tech

Twitter needs India and Nigeria to grow. It's running into trouble in both

cnn.com/2021/0...
comment
kenya forum/ science & tech

Africa's Lucrative $14.5 Billion Smart City Project – Konza

youtube.com/watch
comment
science & tech

South Sudan's first-ever mobile money service

iafrikan.com/2019/0...
comment
science & tech

Are We Grooming Women Leaders in Africa’s Technology Ecosystem?

techcabal.com/2019/0...
comment
science & tech

How A Returning Expat Built Her Own Undersea Cable To Get Decent Internet Access In Nigeria

forbes.com/sites/...
comment
science & tech

Inside the world of a Kenyan cryptocurrency miner

cnn.com/2017/1...
comment
science & tech

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down

cnn.com/2021/1...
comment
science & tech

Israel's operation against Hamas was the world's first AI war

jpost.com/arab-i...
comment
ghana forum/ science & tech

8 Volta: How to build a coworking space

youtube.com/watch
comment
tanzania forum/ science & tech

Open Letter to Jack Dorsey - Founder and CEO of @Twitter - From the Twitter Republic of Tanzania

medium.com/@maria...
comment
ghana forum/ science & tech

Ghanaian Brothers Build Their Own Plane

youtube.com/watch
comment
science & tech

Ethiopia now has a 3D runner game and this team made it happen

techpoint.africa/2018/0...
comment
science & tech

Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger

nytimes.com/2019/0...
comment
science & tech

Users browse Facebook for free with 15MB from MTN

iafrikan.com/users-...
comment
rwanda forum/ science & tech

Rwanda Inks Deal With BioNTech To Set Up Vaccine Manufacturing Plant Worth Over $116m

ktpress.rw/2021/1...
comment
science & tech

Africa's best inventions

atavist.mg.co.za/africa...
comment
kenya forum/ science & tech

Kenya – Silicon Savannah: How the Tech Industry is Transforming the Country

afrosuccess.news/kenya-...
comment
kenya forum/ science & tech

Kenya's Smart City Takes Shape: Investors Flock In

youtube.com/watch
comment
science & tech

Turning the world's junk into robots

youtu.be/kOtL9z...
comment
science & tech

Quoted Replies: The viral Twitter bot built by a Nigerian

techpoint.africa/2019/1...
comment

Sign in to Afroic

or
Forgot?

Don't have an account? Sign up

Create your Afroic Account

or

Already have an account? Sign in